THE LORD GOD. Heb, Adonai Jehovah. See note on Amos 1:8 SUMMER FRUIT. Hebrew kayitz. ripe, "summer" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for ripe fruits characterizing the summer. Compare 2 Samuel 16:2.Jeremiah 40:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS. See note on Amos 7:8. SUMMER FRUIT... THE END. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), for emphasis. Compare Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 1:12. Hebrew. _kayitz hakketz,_ meaning that _ripe was_ the fruit; _ripe_ will be the time THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. IT. THE END. See note ab... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMPLE. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads temples". BE. become, SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adonai. Jehovah's oracle. DEAD BODIES. corpses. See notes on Amos 6:9; Amos 6:10. CAST THEM FORTH, i.e. and burn them. WITH SILENCE. with "Hush! "as in Amos 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
SWALLOW UP. devour. THE NEEDY. a needy one. Hebrew 'ebyon. See note on. poverty", Proverbs 6:11. MAKE. TO FAIL. destroy, or cause to cease. THE POOR. meek ones. Hebrew 'amah, See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NEW MOON. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 10:10, &c.) the sabbath. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:10). App-92. Stopping their business for. day. SET FORTH WHEAT. Hebrew. wheat market: "wheat" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the place where it is kept. open grana... [ Continue Reading ]
BUY THE POOR, &C. See note on Amos 2:6. THE POOR. impoverished ones. Hebrew. _dal_ (plural) See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11. THE NEEDY. a needy one. Hebrew. _ebyon_, as in Amos 8:4. SELL. sell [as good wheat].... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH SWORN, &C. See note on Amos 6:8. THE EXCELLENCY OF JACOB: i.e. by Himself, as in Amos 6:8. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:7). App-92. Compare Amos 4:2; Amos 6:8; Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
FLOOD. Hebrew. _or_. Referring to the overflowing of the Nile. DROWNED. subside.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUSE THE SUN. This determines the time of the fulfilment of this "threatening". See Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 59:9; Isaiah 59:10; Jeremiah 15:5.Joel 2:2; Joel 3:15.Micah 3:6. Can this refer to the earthquake of Amos 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR FEASTS. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:14; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23). App-92. SACKCLOTH. BALDNESS. The outward symbols of mourning. Compare Amos 8:3.Isaiah 15:2.Ezekiel 7:18. IT: i.e. the land.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos,_ App-6. OF HEARING, &c. Compare 1 Samuel 3:1; Psalms 74:9; Ezekiel 7:26, WORDS, With _'eth. the_ very words. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "word" (singular)... [ Continue Reading ]
WANDER. Hebrew go tottering, or staggering.... [ Continue Reading ]
VIRGINS. Hebrew. _bethulah (plural)_ See note on Genesis 24:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN.. guilt., trespass. Hebrew asham. App-44. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the idol itself. DAN... BEER-SHEBA. The two places where the calves were set up (1 Kings 12:26). MANNER. mode [of worship]; Acts 9:2. So used in Acts 16:17; Acts 18:25; Acts 19:9; Acts 19:23; Ac... [ Continue Reading ]